ICC Cup - Semi-finals (Season 68)

It looks like now we know who is the first of the teams that have joined Smokey to reach a big cup final. Its the Rods.
In a very close semi-final played yesterday against Chasing Memories he won the game in extra-time.
On the other game, where Donkalonk had 60 minutes of advantage, Anfield Rd Rangers won the game also in extra-time.

Anfield Rd Rangers 1 - 0 DonkaLonk Fc
2009 The Rods 1 - 0 Chasing Memories

Game of the Day: Anfield Rd Rangers 1 - 0 DonkaLonk Fc

Once again Donkalonk involved in a report that i would say unfair. Won the game in tactics by 60 minutes, and even like that loose the match its not a thing that would make you happy.
Anfield won in extra-time without having one single minute of advantage, while Donkalonk had 60 minutes and not scored one single goal. It was a game for passing, so 5-2-3 was not a excuse for this report.




As you can see in the report, Donkalonk had two periods of 30 minutes in advantage. Two periodos in a row wich makes 60 minutes.
I don´t know exactly what is the importance of stats at the moment, but i don´t think it was it that make the diference in this game. There is not much diference between those two teams. Both have a perfect midfield, with 99 in all stats including stamina. The diference may be in the defense, where Anfield had defenders with much higher stats, like 99 passing in some defenders. But is it because a team has defenders with 99 passing that his opponent doesn´t score? Its a little bit strange, don´t you think?
Let´s take a look at both teams stats.

Anfield Stats


Donkalonk Stats


In my opinion, what decided this game was another thing and not stats.
1) Experience of the Team - People talk a lot in stats, but there is another thing called Seasons with the Club. Teams with players with more seasons can play better, and that can make the diference between stronger teams. Maybe when we talk about stats, the real problem is the seasons with the club that the players of both teams have.
2) Form - I always had this opinion that teams in good form are always harder to beat, but this was really hard to prove.

Just to finish, i think something should be done in this match engine to make the game a better place to be: Should be easier to score. If it was easy to score teams with larger periods of advantage would score easily, and in this game for example, Donkalonk would have scored in any of this 60 minutes that he had advantage and the history of the game would be other.

Well, i think that´s all. Good luck for both teams that are in the final, and i hope it would be a fair game.